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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (94-109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Gurbani (347-348)
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Kaafee (365-409)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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Gurbani (557-564)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
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Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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Minorities Panel Troubled Over Sikh Sex Ratio
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 82371" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px">source: <a href="http://howrah.org/india_news/17990.html" target="_blank">Minorities panel troubled over Sikh sex ratio - Howrah News Service - Latest news and headlines on Howrah and West Bengal</a></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Minorities panel troubled over Sikh sex ratio</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">By ASIT JOLLY</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Chandigarh</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">July 1: The National Commission for Minorities is exercised over the hugely depressed sex ratios amongst the Sikh community resident in Punjab.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Describing the reducing numbers of women alongside the illegal but widespread practice of female foeticide in the border state as "tragic", NCM member Harcharan Singh Josh, who is Sikh himself, pointed out that there was a "deficit of 220 women for every 1,000 men among the Sikhs living in Punjab."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Quoting further from official statistics he said this was way below sex ratios in the other minority communities including Muslims, Parsis, Christians and Buddhists.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">There are merely 780 Sikh women for every 1,000 men in Punjab as against reverse sex ratios amongst Buddhists with 953 men for 1,000 women, 1,050 men for 1,000 women in Muslims and 1,009 men for 1,000 women amongst Christians.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr Josh said the general bias against women in India was much sharper amongst Punjab's Sikhs and evidenced in numerous social and developmental parameters.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">And even though women are not designated as a "minority" in themselves and therefore not directly in the purview of the NCM, the member said it was unfortunate that progressive provinces like Punjab, neighbouring Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir were among those that have failed to establish state-level minority commissions.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">This has been despite the fact that the NCM has reminded each such state government about their oversight several times over. "They have either set up insignificant and farzi (fake) committees or have simply responded that the matter is under process."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Now, in the hope of speeding up the "process", the NCM has put together a model minorities commission act to help states like Punjab and Haryana. "The model act, which envisages a seven-member commission in smaller states and 13-member bodies in larger states, will come up for final discussion at the commission's meeting on July 3 and will thereafter be sent to the states," Mr Josh said.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 82371, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=2]source: [URL="http://howrah.org/india_news/17990.html"]Minorities panel troubled over Sikh sex ratio - Howrah News Service - Latest news and headlines on Howrah and West Bengal[/URL][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Minorities panel troubled over Sikh sex ratio[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=#000080]By ASIT JOLLY[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000080]Chandigarh[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]July 1: The National Commission for Minorities is exercised over the hugely depressed sex ratios amongst the Sikh community resident in Punjab.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Describing the reducing numbers of women alongside the illegal but widespread practice of female foeticide in the border state as "tragic", NCM member Harcharan Singh Josh, who is Sikh himself, pointed out that there was a "deficit of 220 women for every 1,000 men among the Sikhs living in Punjab."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Quoting further from official statistics he said this was way below sex ratios in the other minority communities including Muslims, Parsis, Christians and Buddhists.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]There are merely 780 Sikh women for every 1,000 men in Punjab as against reverse sex ratios amongst Buddhists with 953 men for 1,000 women, 1,050 men for 1,000 women in Muslims and 1,009 men for 1,000 women amongst Christians.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr Josh said the general bias against women in India was much sharper amongst Punjab's Sikhs and evidenced in numerous social and developmental parameters.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]And even though women are not designated as a "minority" in themselves and therefore not directly in the purview of the NCM, the member said it was unfortunate that progressive provinces like Punjab, neighbouring Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir were among those that have failed to establish state-level minority commissions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]This has been despite the fact that the NCM has reminded each such state government about their oversight several times over. "They have either set up insignificant and farzi (fake) committees or have simply responded that the matter is under process."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Now, in the hope of speeding up the "process", the NCM has put together a model minorities commission act to help states like Punjab and Haryana. "The model act, which envisages a seven-member commission in smaller states and 13-member bodies in larger states, will come up for final discussion at the commission's meeting on July 3 and will thereafter be sent to the states," Mr Josh said.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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